This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The incumbent will be responsible for developing and prioritizing technical program performance goals and objectives; formulates work requirements and project milestones for instrumentation teams; approves technical approaches, determines instrumentation validation plans; establishes and oversees instrumentation training program for the assessment and evaluation team's personnel.

Duties

As a GENERAL ENGINEER (INSTRUMENTATION) at the GS-0801-13 some of your typical work assignments may include: Develops, reviews, and approves new and novel instrumentation concepts and architectures, implementing those processes to effectively enhance the overall capability of the organization in support of high priority OSD-sponsored projects. Provides input to assessment and evaluation concepts, master plans, detailed test plans, data management plans, test operational plans, data analysis plans, and assessment and evaluation reports. Manages the design, specification, implementation and integration of instrumentation test equipment in support of a system under assessment. Plans and organizes the management of assessment activities, ensuring proper technical guidance is appropriate for resolving technical problems applies to multi-discipline facets of the system under assessment and evaluation.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel - Some travel, both CONUS and OCONUS, may be required for this position. Must be able to obtain and maintain a current passport.
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance. Must be able to obtain and maintain SAP access.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flex and compensatory time: Occasional adjustment of work week to include performance during non-standard hours and weekends may be required to support integration activities and meetings with DTRA partners.
• Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Subject to pre-employment drug testing and periodic random drug testing thereafter.
• The incumbent must be able to pass a pre-employment physical examination due to the physical requirements of the position.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS 13, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: 3 years' experience in test and evaluation (T&E) and DoD Acquisition desired. Thorough knowledge of systems engineering and extensive knowledge of T&E planning. Knowledge monitoring contract performance, preparing contract documentation such as statement of work, change orders, and contract modifications. Knowledge in operating technical equipment for test and evaluation (e.g., RF, CWMD, CYBER). Knowledge and experience assisting leadership with understanding technical information. Knowledge of USSOCOM 71-5 test and evaluation guidance, desired Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0801, series as listed below: For the Engineering Series. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. 2. Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.).

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Defense Threat Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US
• Name: DTRA Servicing Team
• Phone: 614-692-0259
• Email: [email protected]